"Daily" Race Discussion
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- Canada
Urrrrughh they are ....not good.
HEre's a decent one from Monza.
- The red vette on lap 1 confused me, he jinked one way then the next and i tagged him nt know which way to go.
- I do a great job of clearing the pack then making small errors to let them in again....twice
- The pass on the yellow vette on the last lap is a cracker
- The same vette into parabolica, i mean really, what a bonehead move
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- Canada
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- 2,462
- United Kingdom
- Hasnain282
8 laps seems awfully short on that combo
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- 2,430
- The failed experiment entitled “California”.
Does seem a little short. Maybe it’s wrong on kudos. Not to mention it’s hard tires only?
- 465
- San Jose, CA
- Little_Guppy_72
I have been using it and am doing better in it than the 908. I cannot manage the SRT Tomahawk.
S5 and S6 - back half of the lap. It flies through those you don't need to lift where other cars require it. Just two light braking sections. I can do the final corner in 5th gear by just lifting though only in qualy. It is worth nearly 1.0 seconds vs braking and downshifting to fourth.
The hybrid power management is very similar to the Audi R18 and is effectively impossible to keep it charged over a whole lap. It was possible at Spa but was extremely difficult. No chance here.
For QT it gets an extra boost for S1 and S2 by fully charging the battery at the beginning of the lap and you cannot do that in a race. That is worth another 0.5 + seconds. The charged battery allows them to dominate at the start of the race.
It will do better in QT than in race trim, more so than other cars.
I confess that I have only done 3 races, all starting from the back, with middling results. I have not been able to translate the hot laps into race pace but that is more me than the car.
Overall I do not know why it does so much better here compared to spa.
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- 82
- United States
Is anyone else getting a Ronin vibe off of Race A?
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- 1,720
- Australia
It can’t be right, can it? There’ll be 20 minutes wait between races…
If it is right, I may be doing zero dailies next week.
- 5,669
- Ulricehamn
Been haviing fun this week in C but I think I am done now, have too much to do in the weekend.
But inspired by @Timm Sheehan s post up above I checked my time on GTBlade and was pleased with how it looked.
For someone who was very low B on Sunday it's been a great week.
But inspired by @Timm Sheehan s post up above I checked my time on GTBlade and was pleased with how it looked.
For someone who was very low B on Sunday it's been a great week.
Decided not to do any racing just some hotlapping. Ran a 1:46.7 at Monza in the corvette then tried a few different cars at Saint croix struggling to crack a low 2:54 in the Bugatti, McLaren, lm55, Porsche and 787 all pretty much in the 2:54.0-2:54.3 range. Jumped into the Porsche and went straight to a 2:52.9, couldn't beat that in the ts050 or the '11 R18 but as soon as I jumped onto the 908 I dropped it to a 2:52.2.
Haven't tried the tomahawk or the Audi yet but I can't see them being 2-3 seconds quicker to get close to the top 10 times currently sitting at #44 according to gtblade. #138 at Monza think I may find some more time there if I can be bothered there tomorrow.
Haven't tried the tomahawk or the Audi yet but I can't see them being 2-3 seconds quicker to get close to the top 10 times currently sitting at #44 according to gtblade. #138 at Monza think I may find some more time there if I can be bothered there tomorrow.
- 2,219
- Tennessee
- NoStopN
The same can happen in online races. Good to see people doing practice laps.
After seeing how the TS050 blocked both you & the Tomahawk, he deserved the punt. It is too bad that the Tommy was collateral damage.
Hey, hey, hey now. Don't try to bring logic & training into the conversation here. Numbskulls need a reason to blame other drivers for their lack of skill. 😆
Sounds like they didn't type the full message. "Check my Twitch to see me drive like an asshole."
Race A: nope.
Race B: Just had that combo. Ladies & Gentlemen, start your Mustangs. 😈
Race C: I can't remember the different layouts. Hold on. Starts PS4 Oh....yeah. I recommend doing qualifying laps if you want to have some good finishes. This layout is punt friendly.
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- San Jose, CA
- Little_Guppy_72
- 27
- United Kingdom
I'm sitting on 22k DR, and I get put into a race with majority A and A+ drivers. How on earth do I cope with that?
The answer, not well at all.
Some horrific bumping, worse than B
The answer, not well at all.
Some horrific bumping, worse than B
- 585
- Buffalo, NY
- Stilva
I'll admit, I thought race C was a dumb combo and I wasn't even thinking about racing it, but it was the most fun I've had in the game for a long time. I originally went in with the idea to just recover SR and get out, but I ran 3 races total this afternoon. I went with the 3M/4S strategy as suggested by @Little_Guppy and it worked great. I could have pushed for 5 on soft tires, but I didn't want to mess up any SR gained by having my worn tires being the cause of getting into the back of someone.
Race 1 was a bit sketchy as I was under real race conditions and I didn't quite know to to react properly. I tagged the wall at some point and got a 1.5 second penalty which was not as impactful as i though it would be. I started P7 and finished P7. The only weird thing was that I got an SR down after leaving the pits. No one was around when I entered or exited, so that was confusing.
Race 2 I start P3 and hang with the top 2 even after slightly running on the grass after the turn after that long "backstretch" after the bridge. I did manage to get into P2 after the driver in front of me got a .5 second off track penalty and some poor driving on their part which allowed me to catch up. Anyway, I enter the turn before the bridge way to hot and spin out. I don't reset, but I drop to P4, which is fine because no SR downs on my behalf. I do finish P3 after the driver ahead got the penalty for not pitting. Hooray!
Race 3 I almost didn't do because I got the SR back to 99, but I was having a blast and went for it. I start P12 and fall back with the faster cars passing me and fighting ahead of me. Now, I'm thinking lets back off and run in the back and not care about the result. Well, as I thought, drivers are going off track, crashing into each other, and spinning out all on their own so I move up a few positions. After I pit, I catch a group of 3 cars fighting and I back off and wait and I get my opportunity One enters the pits, the other gets loose on the first right-hander, and the other gets an off track penalty and I find myself in P6. P2 spins out on lap 6 and rage quits leaving me in P5 in the end!
I would like to thank everyone who has offered advice to me this week as I said, I had tons of fun. I should have focused on this race all week, but I'll be sure to jump into the next Gr.1 race that comes up.
Race 1 was a bit sketchy as I was under real race conditions and I didn't quite know to to react properly. I tagged the wall at some point and got a 1.5 second penalty which was not as impactful as i though it would be. I started P7 and finished P7. The only weird thing was that I got an SR down after leaving the pits. No one was around when I entered or exited, so that was confusing.
Race 2 I start P3 and hang with the top 2 even after slightly running on the grass after the turn after that long "backstretch" after the bridge. I did manage to get into P2 after the driver in front of me got a .5 second off track penalty and some poor driving on their part which allowed me to catch up. Anyway, I enter the turn before the bridge way to hot and spin out. I don't reset, but I drop to P4, which is fine because no SR downs on my behalf. I do finish P3 after the driver ahead got the penalty for not pitting. Hooray!
Race 3 I almost didn't do because I got the SR back to 99, but I was having a blast and went for it. I start P12 and fall back with the faster cars passing me and fighting ahead of me. Now, I'm thinking lets back off and run in the back and not care about the result. Well, as I thought, drivers are going off track, crashing into each other, and spinning out all on their own so I move up a few positions. After I pit, I catch a group of 3 cars fighting and I back off and wait and I get my opportunity One enters the pits, the other gets loose on the first right-hander, and the other gets an off track penalty and I find myself in P6. P2 spins out on lap 6 and rage quits leaving me in P5 in the end!
I would like to thank everyone who has offered advice to me this week as I said, I had tons of fun. I should have focused on this race all week, but I'll be sure to jump into the next Gr.1 race that comes up.
- 1,306
- Canada
I still haven't done a race, despite having really enjoyed the ten or so laps I did in qualifying. Too many sports distractions on TV plus the Doom Eternal PS5 update. Reading through this thread, I'm now suffering major FOMO. I'll try to race tomorrow. Tonight, it's more Doom and seeing if the Habs get swept.
Next week's Race C looks awful. I really despise the Gr4 races in this game.
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- 51,254
- Australia
- SpacedustDaddy
Might have to name each corner at Sardegna B II: Punt 1, Punt 2, Punt 3, etc. 😆
I'll be using that race to get comfortable with the SLS before FIA begins. The car is nearly 1500kg, but it does have over 400bhp. Still, I don't like my odds with its acceleration.
I'll be using that race to get comfortable with the SLS before FIA begins. The car is nearly 1500kg, but it does have over 400bhp. Still, I don't like my odds with its acceleration.
Groundfish
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- 4,363
- United States
I raced two A races this morning.
Up front the competitors were fast and professional.
Great racing with some of the top guys, great to race with great guys.
Up front the competitors were fast and professional.
Great racing with some of the top guys, great to race with great guys.
- 49
- Brazil
I did one more race with the McLaren VGT just to checkout and I did it with the 5th gear. The fuel was on the limit, but I felt I made some turns with a higher gear and I involuntary short shifted some times (just sightly), so maybe this was the reason for my tank lasting the entire race. I finished in the top 10 I think.
Well, I changed to 919 hybrid to see the difference and whoa... it's another world. When I got it right, I smashed my fastest lap done with McLaren VGT by two seconds (went from 2:56 to 2:54). I felt comfortable to push and go over the kerbs. Even with the bb at +5, I could brake latter than in McLaren at -3. Also, more downforce on the turns and better acceleration. No wonder I'm seeing a lot of 919s in the race on my B/S lobbies.
After getting some practice I done three races. The first one I started in a impressive 2nd and played a bit too safe on first braking zone. In the next one, someone in a Audi VGT made the divebomb of the century and I got pushed, almost spun off and went back to 7th, with softs. The race isn't over, let's push and recover positions. In the next couple of corners, made some overtakes on medium drivers, as well the ones running wide. At the end of back straight, 4th already. the 3rd disconnected and I was catching the 2nd (the guy with pushed me wide) until he and the leader, 7 seconds ahead, made their pitstops. I though lap 3 would be too early for the leader to come in (soft tyres, Audi VGT too). Stopped in the next lap and managed to overcut the 2nd (despite he using a fresh set of soft tyres. Karma) and the gap towards the leader was cut to 5 seconds. Then, one of my cats started to walk in the front of tv and I got a bit distracted. Lost 1 second I think, but it was fine, he is a good boy and walked away quickly. Then, the lady lucky went to my side. The leader spun off in the corner before the bridge. Got the lead and was holding a 1s lead until the last lap, when he made a couple of mistakes. Enough to secure a 5s gap and the victory, for the first time in Gr.1 If I remember well. I won one more, leading almost every lap from pole and the other, I made a mistake in turn 3 in the first lap and finished in P-steve.
Overall, this is an amazing combo and too bad the race C in the next week will be a sprint race with Gr.4 and probably a FF domination.
- 5,579
- Druids Bend
- Z4E_Midnight85
I've not had a chance to do Race C this week, which is a shame because it sounds like it's been a great combo. Only two races earlier in the week (A and B)...
- 1,072
- Behind you
Well had 2 quiet weeks as Monza this week has been the only one of interest to me and it's too short a race to be really interesting. The Gr.1. race looked good, but I'm bad at them and hardly know the circuit. Hopefully we'll get some really good races soon.
- 5,187
- Manila
- Filracer
One of my Daily Race C sessions was eventful due to how it was.
So I was put into a grid where fellow GTP user @pennanton was there and I panicked because the top 5 including the aforementioned user were mostly 908s with me being the only player on that top 5 where I'm using a hybrid which was the Porsche 919.
Right off the bat and as expected thanks to the KERS that the 919 has, I was able to get away from T1 mess but as soon as we went to the technical bits of Sainte Croix, I almost spun and lost a huge gap before here when we finally reached the long straight and that's where I got blown away by the 908's straight line speed and from there I had to make sure I'm close enough to the 908 before pitting for a new set of softs.
Once I got into the new set of softs, that's where I pushed my 919 to its limits and managed to make up places. And suddenly a stroke of luck happened, the 908 that was chasing me earlier and took the lead spun out in a corner after the long straight and managed to take full advantage and there I regained my lead.
From there it was just about maintaining a gap of at least 1 sec or more in order to survive the 908's straight line speed on the long straight and this is where I managed to breathe now as the 908 bottled it on the corner before the bridge on the last lap and from there I was on my way to a win. Had he not bottled the corner, I would've tried to survive the 908's onslaught for one last time.
Overall that was one very eventful race that I had to do. It was fun nevertheless.
So I was put into a grid where fellow GTP user @pennanton was there and I panicked because the top 5 including the aforementioned user were mostly 908s with me being the only player on that top 5 where I'm using a hybrid which was the Porsche 919.
Right off the bat and as expected thanks to the KERS that the 919 has, I was able to get away from T1 mess but as soon as we went to the technical bits of Sainte Croix, I almost spun and lost a huge gap before here when we finally reached the long straight and that's where I got blown away by the 908's straight line speed and from there I had to make sure I'm close enough to the 908 before pitting for a new set of softs.
Once I got into the new set of softs, that's where I pushed my 919 to its limits and managed to make up places. And suddenly a stroke of luck happened, the 908 that was chasing me earlier and took the lead spun out in a corner after the long straight and managed to take full advantage and there I regained my lead.
From there it was just about maintaining a gap of at least 1 sec or more in order to survive the 908's straight line speed on the long straight and this is where I managed to breathe now as the 908 bottled it on the corner before the bridge on the last lap and from there I was on my way to a win. Had he not bottled the corner, I would've tried to survive the 908's onslaught for one last time.
Overall that was one very eventful race that I had to do. It was fun nevertheless.
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jrbabbitt
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- Charleston, SC
- TCR_JimyBee
I remember seeing you in the A races late last night... I didn't do well myself, poor mistakes, a penalty,
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- Indiana USA
- tmsheehan
- ToroSports
Have you tried running with an automatic transmission in the GR.1 cars? It allows me to control my braking and turn points better because I am not worried about correctly shifting gears (these cars are too fast at times approaching turns).
- 5,081
- Nor Cal
- sturk0167
That's true for me too. Except at the A races with the slower cars, that only need to be shifted a few times per lap. That doesn't bother me much. The really fast cars with lots of gears will mess me up. 😧
Some of the race A cars allow me to do okay with auto trans.
My best end-of-week ranking was #5. It was at Big Willow, in the '09 Porsche, with auto trans. 👍
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- Nor Cal
- sturk0167
I just raced @Barra333 for what I think was the first time ever.
First lap was close. On lap 2, he messed up, and I got a big lead. Turn 1 on lap 3, I screwed up big time, and he got the lead.
It was close racing all the way to the end. He's pretty darn good. 🤜🤛
*Probably not a good time of day to race with my Australian account. Only 6 people showed up. I forgot about that. 😆
First lap was close. On lap 2, he messed up, and I got a big lead. Turn 1 on lap 3, I screwed up big time, and he got the lead.
It was close racing all the way to the end. He's pretty darn good. 🤜🤛
*Probably not a good time of day to race with my Australian account. Only 6 people showed up. I forgot about that. 😆
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